تکیہ نشین

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (takya-nišīn).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ək.jə nɪ.ʃiːn/.

Noun

تَکْیَہ نِشِین • (takya niśīn) m (Hindi spelling तक्या निशीन)

a faqīr, a dervish
Synonym: تَکْیَہ دار (takya dār)

Further reading

Platts, John T. (1884) “تکيه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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